Sterilization Information, Informed Consent Rights... Do we have them?

This web site is dedicated to all men and women who have have
"electively" chosen to be sterilized.
The informed consent laws regarding tubal ligation and vasectomy surgeries are not clear. What we are not told can hurt us. The gag rule shold not apply to elective surgeries such as tubals and vasectomies.
Men and women are "agreeing" to these elective, non-life saving operations without being fully disclosed
as to the "real" short and long terms risks of the procedure.
Luckily, not everyone who has been sterilized suffers, but many do.
We wonder why we were not told of these side effects prior to the surgery.